Thursday, March 7, 2013

March 7th in The EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…



Landmark recordings by Carl Perkins (1955) and Tina Turner/Phil Spector (1966); as well as some very cool birthdays in The EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

March 7, 1955: In a little-noted but fateful development, Carl Perkins'
 "Blue Suede Shoes" becomes the first country song to cross over to the Billboard R 'n B charts…  



March 7, 1966:
Tina Turner laid down vocal tracks for the Phil Spector produced "River Deep Mountain High", which would go on to reach #3 in the UK and #88 in the US…




Significant March 7th Birthdays:

1943 - Chris White
- bassist for The Zombies…

1945 - Arthur Lee
- lead vocalist for Love…

1946 - Peter Wolf
- guitarist for The J. Geils Band
1946 - Mathew Fisher - organist for Procol Harum

1952 - Ernie Isley
- guitarist for The Isley Brothers


  March 7th: An important date in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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